On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Bill Janssen wrote:
Andi Vajda <va...@apache.org> wrote:
By the way, you might want to add a paragraph in that section about
adding the ["-framework", "Python"] flags for building JCC on OS X. I
tripped over that again.
If you send a paragraph to this effect, I'll integrate it into the docs.
Here's a patch:
Thank you, Bill, for the patch. It's applied in rev 1142270.
I also updated the site content with your changes, it should be visible in a
few hours.
Andi..
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Index: site/src/documentation/content/xdocs/jcc/documentation/install.xml
===================================================================
--- site/src/documentation/content/xdocs/jcc/documentation/install.xml
(revision 1141969)
+++ site/src/documentation/content/xdocs/jcc/documentation/install.xml
(working copy)
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
Is JCC built with shared mode support or not ?
<ul>
<li>
- By default, on Mac OS X and Windows this is the case
+ By default, on Mac OS X and Windows this is the case.
</li>
<li>
By default, on Linux, this is the case.
@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@
and <code>LFLAGS</code> for <code>darwin</code> should be correct
and ready to use.
</p>
+ <p>
+ However, if you intend to use the 'system' Python from a Java VM
+ on Mac OS X -- Python embedded in Java --
+ you will need to add the flags <code>"-framework" "Python"</code>
+ to the <code>LFLAGS</code> value.
+ </p>
</section>
<section id="linux">
<title>Notes for Linux</title>
Index: site/src/documentation/content/xdocs/jcc/documentation/readme.xml
===================================================================
--- site/src/documentation/content/xdocs/jcc/documentation/readme.xml
(revision 1141969)
+++ site/src/documentation/content/xdocs/jcc/documentation/readme.xml
(working copy)
@@ -763,9 +763,12 @@
</p>
<ul>
<li>
- JCC must be built in shared mode.
- See <a href="site:jcc/documentation/install">installation
- instructions</a> for more information about shared mode.
+ JCC must be built in shared mode. See
+ <a href="site:jcc/documentation/install">installation
+ instructions</a> for more information about shared mode.
+ Note that for this use on Mac OS X, JCC must also be built
+ with the link flags <code>"-framework" "Python"</code> in
+ the <code>LFLAGS</code> value.
</li>
<li>
As described in the previous section, define one or more Java
@@ -790,14 +793,19 @@
via the <code>-Djava.library.path</code> command line parameter.
</li>
<li>
- In the Java VM's main thread, initialize the Python VM by calling
- its static <code>start()</code> method passing it a Python program
- name string and optional start-up arguments in a string array that
- will be made accessible in Python via <code>sys.argv</code>.
- This method returns the singleton PythonVM instance to be used in
- this Java VM. This instance may be retrieved at any later time via
- the static <code>get()</code> method defined on the
- <code>org.apache.jcc.PythonVM</code> class.
+ In the Java VM's main thread, initialize the Python VM by
+ calling its static <code>start()</code> method passing it a
+ Python program name string and optional start-up arguments
+ in a string array that will be made accessible in Python via
+ <code>sys.argv</code>. Note that the program name string is
+ purely informational, and is not used by the
+ <code>start()</code> code other than to initialize that
+ Python variable. This method returns the singleton PythonVM
+ instance to be used in this Java VM. <code>start()</code>
+ may be called multiple times; it will always return the same
+ singleton instance. This instance may also be retrieved at any
+ later time via the static <code>get()</code> method defined
+ on the <code>org.apache.jcc.PythonVM</code> class.
</li>
<li>
Any Java VM thread that is going to be calling into the Python VM
